THE FLORA OF THE MALAY· PENINSULA

Globba.] CXXXVII. ZINGIBERACElE.
§ 3. Marantella. Anther 4-spurred. Flowers yellow or orange.
Leaves numerous.
Panicle short dens" on a long peduncle.
Leaves and peduncle hairy. • • • (14) G. aurantiaca
Leaves glabrous; peduncle soft pubescent • (IS) G. perakeDSia
Panicle elongate lax; bracts large persistent red
or yellow. . • • . . (16) G. variabills
Pamcle nodding; bracts green; flowers yellow;
lip bilobed.
Dwarf plant, bracts persistent; anther-spurs
short unequal . . . . . (17) G. cernua
Tall plant, bracts caducous; anther-spurs
long. . .. . (18) G. macranthera
Lip entire; bracts persistent . (19) G. brachycarpa
Leaf single; panicle dense decurved . (20) G. UDifolia
(I) G. Wallichii Bak. in Hook. fit. F.B.I. vi. 202; Ridt. Mat.
Fl. Mal. Pen. ii. 3.
About 2 ft. tall. Leaves lanceolate long-acuminate pubescent
or hairy on midrib beneath and ligule and sheath,s in. long, 1'5 in.
wide, sheath spotted purple. Panicle long slender; branches
1 in. long, distant. Flowers few crowded at tips orange; bracts
very small. Calyx campanulate, 2 long and 1 short lobes, '12 in.
long. Staminodes linear-oblong, '15 in. long. Lip short linear
entire, orange with a brown spot. Filament'5 in. long; anther
spurless. Capsule globose smooth. Hab. Local. Perak, Thaiping
Hills (Fox); Penang Hill (Wallich, Curtis, etc.).
(2) G. uliginosa Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Supp. 613; Ridl. Mat. ii. 3.
Stems slender, 2 ft. long or less. Leaves lanceolate acuminate,
3 in. long, 'S in. wide, pubescent beneath; sheaths spotted red hairy.
Panicle slender; branches '25 in. long. Flowers 2 or 3 on each.
Bracts oblong green. Calyx funnel-shaped, lobes rather long.
Corolla tube '25 in. long, lobes ovate-oblong, upper one boatshaped,
'5 in. long, orange. Staminodes oblong blunt. Lip narrow
bilobed, orange with a black spot. Filament '25 to'5 in. long ; anther
elliptic, no margin or spurs. Hab. Damp spots, but not common.
Singapore, Bukit Mandai. Malacca, Chabau (Griffith); Alor
Gajah. Perak, Thaiping Hills; Goping (Kunstler). Distrib.
Sumatra, Banca,
Closely resembles G. panicoides, Miq., except in th; spurless anther.
(3) G. panicoides Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Supp. 614; Ridl. Mat. ii. 4.
Stems few tufted, 9 to 24 in. long. Leaves narrow lanceolate
acuminate to ovate, 1'75 to 5 in. long, '75 to 1'5 in. wide; ligule
hispid; sheaths red spotted pubescent. Panicle slender; branches
usually short. Flowers few orange. Calyx unequally 3-toothed,
one tooth longer than the others, lanceolate blunt. Corolla-tube
'5 in. long, lobes 'S in. long. Staminodes longer. Lip short oblong
bilobed, central spot brqwn. Filament 1 in. long, connective
developed all round, spurs two subulate. Capsule globose, '25 in.
long. Hab. Common in damp low-lying spots. Singapore, Bukit
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